For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 2, 2001
President Bush to Nominate One Individual
to Serve in his Administration, Sixteen Individuals to Serve as
Members of the Federal Judiciary, and Twelve Individuals
to Serve as United States Attorneys
States Attorneys. The President intends to nominate Pamela Hyde Smith
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America to the Republic of Moldova. A career member of
the Senior Foreign Service, she has served as the Public Affairs
Officer in London since July 1997. From 1995 to 1997, she
served as Director of the Office of Geographic Liaison for the United
States Information Agency. She has held a variety of other
positions both overseas and in Washington, D.C. including Cultural
Affairs Officer in Belgrade and Deputy Chief of USIA's Academic
Exchange Program. She is a graduate of Wellesley College. The
President intends to nominate Susan W. Brooks to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. She is
currently Of Counsel to the Ice Miller Law Firm of Indianapolis, and
from 1998 to 1999, she served as Deputy Mayor of the City of
Indianapolis. From 1989 to 1997, Brooks was a Partner with
Kammen and Brooks and was with McClure, McClure and Kammen from 1985 to
1988. She is a graduate of Miami University and Indiana
University School of Law. The President intends to nominate Leura G.
Canary to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of
Alabama. She has served as an Assistant United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama since 1994, and was a Trial
Attorney at the Department of Justice Civil Division from 1990 to
1994. From 1981 to 1990, Canary was an Assistant Attorney
General in the Alabama Attorney General's Office. She
received her undergraduate degree from Huntington College and her law
degree from the University of Alabama. The President intends to
nominate Colm F. Connolly to be United States Attorney for the District
of Delaware. He is presently a Partner with Morris, Nichols,
Arsht and Tunnel in Wilmington, and from 1992 to 1999 served as
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of
Delaware. Connolly received his undergraduate degree from
the University of Notre Dame, a Master's degree from the London School
of Economics and law degree from Duke University. The President
intends to nominate Thomas C. Gean to be United States Attorney for the
Western District of Arkansas. Gean has been a Prosecuting
Attorney for the Sebastian County District Attorney's Office since
1997, and from 1992 to 1996, he was an attorney with Gean, Gean and
Gean of Fort Smith. From 1988 to 199, he was an attorney
with Alston and Bird in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate
of the University of Arkansas and Vanderbilt University Law School.
The President intends to nominate Raymond W. Gruender to be United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is
currently an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of Missouri, and held a similar position from 1990 to
1994. From 1994 to 2000, he was a Partner with Thompson
Coburn and from 1987 to 1990, he was an Associate with Lewis, Rice and
Fingersh. Gruender received his undergraduate, M. B. A. and
J. D. degrees from Washington University. The President intends to
nominate Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia. He is presently a Professor of Law at
the University of Kansas School of Law and has served as an Associate
Professor since 1994. From 1997 to 1998, he was an Associate
Independent Counsel in the Office of the Independent Counsel Donald C.
Smaltz. From 1991 to 1994 he was an Associate Independent Counsel in
the Office of Independent Counsel Arlin M. Adams. From 1987
to 1991, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
Virginia, and from 1984 to 1987, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for
the District of Columbia. Howard served as a staff attorney
at the Federal Trade Commission from 1981 to 1984, and was in private
practice from 1978 to 1981. He received his undergraduate
degree from Brown University and his law degree from the University of
Virginia. The President intends to nominate David C. Iglesias to be
United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. He is
presently an Associate with Walz and Associates in Albuquerque as well
as a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve JAG Corps. He
served as General Counsel to the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue
Department from 1998 to 2001 and was Chief Counsel to the New Mexico
Risk Management Legal Office from 1995 to 1998. Iglesias
completed a White House Fellowship as a Special Assistant to the
Secretary of Transportation in 1995. He was an Assistant
City Attorney for the City of Albuquerque from 1991 to 1994 and an
Assistant Attorney General in the New Mexico Attorney General's
Office. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and the
University of New Mexico School of Law. The President intends to
nominate Charles W. Larson, Sr. to be United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Iowa. Larson held the position of U.S.
Attorney for this district from 1986 to 1993. He is currently the
Chairman of the Iowa Board of Parole and from 1993 to 1998 a position
he held from 1982 to 1986 as well. He was a Drug Enforcement
and Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Iowa Governor's Alliance on
Substance Abuse from 1993 to 1998. In 1993, he was an
attorney with Shuttleworth and Ingersoll of Cedar Rapids, and from 1982
to 1986, he was a Partner with Walker, Larson, and Billingsly in
Newton, Iowa. Larson was the Manager of Law Enforcement for
Sanders and Associates from 1979 to 1982. He served as
Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety from 1973 to 1979
and was a Judicial Magistrate for Iowa's 5th Judicial Court in
1973. He held a variety of other positions in the public and
private sector from 1966 to 1973. A veteran of the U.S. Army
and Retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, he is a graduate of
Kansas State University and the University of Iowa School of Law. The
President intends to nominate Matthew H. Mead to be United States
Attorney for the District of Wyoming. He is currently a
Partner with Mead and Phillips in Cheyenne and was in Independent
practice from 1995 to 1997. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Assistant
United States Attorney and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the
District of Wyoming, and he is Deputy County Attorney in the Campbell
County Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1990. Mead is a
graduate of Trinity University and the University of Wyoming School of
Law. The President intends to nominate Michael J. Sullivan to be
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He
has served as the Plymouth County District Attorney since
1995. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of
Representatives from 1991 to 1995 and was also a Partner with McGovern
and Sullivan from 1990 to 1995. From 1983 to 1990 he was an
Associate with Bolles and Pritchard. He is a graduate of
Boston College and Suffolk University Law School. The President
intends to nominate Drew H. Wrigley to be United States Attorney for
the District of North Dakota. He is presently the Deputy
Chief of Staff in the Office of the Governor of North Dakota and he
served as General Counsel for Public Policy in the North Dakota Workers
Compensation Bureau from 1998 to 1999. He served as an
Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's
Office from 1993 to 1998 and he was a Prosecuting Attorney for the City
of Fargo from 1992 to 1993. Wrigley is a graduate of the University of
North Dakota and American University Law School. The President intends
to nominate Joseph Van Bokkelen to be United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Indiana. He has been in private
practice since 1975 first as a Partner with Wilson, Donnesberger, Van
Bokkelen and Reid and then as a Partner with Goodman, Ball, Van
Bokkelen and Leonard. From 1972 to 1975, he served as
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana and from
1969 to 1972, he served in the Indiana Attorney General's Office as an
Assistant and Deputy Attorney General. Van Bokkelen received
both his undergraduate and law degrees from Indiana University. The
President intends to nominate Jeffrey R. Howard of New Hampshire, to be
United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. The President
intends to nominate Terrence L. O'Brien of Wyoming, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. The President intends to nominate
Karon O. Bowdre of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Alabama. The President intends to nominate Callie
Virginia Smith Granade of Alabama, to United States District Judge for
Southern District of Alabama. The President intends to nominate David
L. Bunning of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Karen
K. Caldwell of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Danny
C. Reeves of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Kurt
D. Englehardt of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Louisiana. The President intends to nominate Larry
R. Hichs of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District
of Nevada. The President intends to nominate M. Christina Armijo of
New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New
Mexico. The President intends to nominate William P. Johnson of New
Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New
Mexico. The President intends to nominate Claire V. Eagan of Oklahoma,
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of
Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Stephen P. Friot of
Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District
of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Joe L. Heaton of
Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District
of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate James H. Payne to be
United States District Judge for the Northern/Eastern/Western District
of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Lawrence J. Block to be
a Judge for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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